Articles by Retta Race

Hauck Claims All Comers Record For 17-Yr-Olds In 200 Back

The 2020 Queensland Championships is nearing its final day but the younger set of swimmers aren’t going out quietly in Brisbane.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Kosuke Hagino Is the Asian Male Swimmer Of The Year

Congratulations to Japanese Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino on earning the 2020 Swammy Award for Asian Male Swimmer of the Year.

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8-Day Japanese Olympic Trials Set For April 3rd-10th

Two-time world champion in Gwangju, Daiya Seto, now knows when his nation’s official Olympic trials are set to take place.

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Wales To Enter Strict Lockdown On December 20 (updated)

The nation of Wales is about to undergo another strict nationwide lockdown, only this time what were seen as advisories are now being enacted as law. 

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Signe Bro Becomes Denmark’s 2nd Fastest SCM 200 Freestyler

21-year-old Signe Bro just became the nation of Denmark’s second-fastest performer ever in the short course meters 200m freestyle.

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Gorbenko Grabs Israeli 50 Free Age Record

Day 1 of the Israeli Olympic Qualification Meet at the Wingate Institue already saw young gun Anastasia Gorbenko produce two new national age records.

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British Swimming’s Revised Olympic Selection Policy Fully Revealed

Adam Peaty, James Guy and Duncan Scott are among the 4 British swimmers already having qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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Off-Hiatus Tamsin Cook To Take On Full Schedule At Western Australia Meet

2016 Olympian Tamsin Cook took a break from swimming but is back with her first full swimming schedule for this weekend’s Western Australia Championships.

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Exclusive Elite Irish Winter Meet Kicks Off Tomorrow In Dublin

International Swimming League’s Toronto Titan Shane Ryan will be diving into an elites-only Irish Winter Meet which kicks off tomorrow in Dublin, Ireland.

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Meg Bailey Hits 100 Fly PB En Route To NSW Day 4 Double

Former Ohio State Buckeye Meg Bailey hit a nice double on the penultimate night of racing at the 2020 New South Wales State Age Championships.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Wasick Up For Polish Athlete Of The Year

Learn something new in this edition of Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring NY Breaker Kasia Wasiick, the national record holder from Poland.

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Junior Swimmers Clean-up On Day 4 Of QLD C’ships

A sprinkling of Aussie age records highlighted day 4 of the 2020 Queensland Championships taking place in Brisbane from Thomas Hauck, Sam Short and more.

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18-Yr-Old World Jr Champion Pallister Hits 1500 Free Aussie Age Record

Aussie freestyle ace Lani Pallister kept her good swims rolling with a new age record in the women’s 1500m freestyle tonight in Brisbane.

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Schoenmaker Lowers African Record In 50 Breast At NTS C’ships

South Africa’s breaststroking queen just put up the fastest 50m of her career, registering a new continental record in the process.

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McKeown Throws Down 2:08.2 200 IM/2:05.1 200 Back Double

19-year-old Kaylee McKeown followed up her impressive 100m back/400m IM double with another massive duo of the 200m back/200m IM tonight in Queensland.

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